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In My Home MoneySaving sticky
Please be aware of the MSE Forum rules, notably that you mustn't post personal information. Take extra care when uploading photos and make sure that they don't contain personally identifiable information. 🏠 Here are some Forum threads you might find useful: * Please ensure your electrics are up to date * Find Instruction…
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Removed skirting board, to this..
We bought our house last year and have had a lot of things done so far such as full re-wire, new garage roof and full roof replaced, whilst the neighbours had theirs done. So that's the big jobs completed! (They didn't all need doing but if I'm going to completely renovate the whole house, I want to do it once do it…
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Need to replace electric loft hatch belt - Measure size?
Afternoon all,I need to replace the belt which opens the motorised loft hatch. It's stretched so keeps coming off. Just need to work out how I find out what size I need to order and whether these kind of belts have a particular name at all?(I had to cut it to get it off) Thanks in advance
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Party wall agreement
Hi we have served a party wall agreement to our neighbour to build an extension against the fence of the boundary. We stated and intended start date of 2 months. We have had an agreement on the neighbours behalf but have now realised we only need a months notice due to it being built up against the boundary and not on the…
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Spray foam insulation removal - consumer rights query
Hi, I am a newbie feeling outraged/baffled by the treatment of a
confused/upset/very worried friend by a spray foam installation company and
would really appreciate advice if possible. In 2019 she arranged Home Logic to treat her loft with spray foam,
all was fine. Or so we thought. Last Monday 08th April she received a…
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Bidet Toilets
DO NOT READ IF EASILY OFFENDED !! We are considering getting a Japanese smart Bidet toilet in our planned main wetroom/bathroomI am unsure whether or how - they actually workWe can't exactly go to a showroom and ask to try one Has anyone actually got one - do they actually clean you properly - because the spray does appear…
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Samsung American style fridge ice maker replacement fix didn't work (RS68N8220S9)
Hi! I'm trying to save some cash by repairing our Samsung American-style fridge freezer. It's a Samsung RS8000, model number RS68N8220S9, bought just over 3 years ago direct from Samsung. The ice maker has started making a very loud, repetitive clicking sound when depositing ice into the dispenser, and the mechanism does…
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Cupboard shelving
Hi I've redecorated a washing machine cupboard and there's these old shelves that have been in place since buying the property. Knocked up in a hurry by the looks of it. (Ex rental house).18mm Formica chipboard and bulky 2x1 around the upper edge. Giving myself more work to do but looking at putting some better ones in.…
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Kitchen plinth led wiring help
Silly question alert. I plan to fit only 4 leds to my kitchen plinth. How do they power up? I can only find instructions that lead up to the transformer wiring? Do you just add a 3 pin plug onto the end of the transformer then into a standard plug socket? Thanks
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Hotpoint aquarius fdl570
Hi, got a dishwasher that stopped working, blinking on/off, wash, end lights. Anyone had similar problems with this model?
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Shrinkage and Smell from Dry Cleaning Normal?
We were getting windows replaced so figured it be a good time
to get the curtains dry cleaned since they had to come down anyway and haven’t been
cleaned since we got them over 5 years ago. The curtains are cotton, made to measure numbers, as we couldn’t
find anything long enough (3m) off-the-shelf for tenement bay…
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Wall ties and underpinning
When we moved into our house we knew we had wall ties when the roof was updated. A structural engineer also reported that movement was historical and nothing since. I'm now wondering whether it was underpinned as the engineer and L3 surveyor never said anything. Do these things always go hand in hand?
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Splitting axe (axe head)
Only recently learned that an axe was not an axe, which really shouldn't have surprised me but there you go. Turns out I've been using a felling axe to work my way through logs so I went & bought a splitting axe, or rather a 'splitting maul' as it's listed. When it came it was different to any axe I'd ever used previously…
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New kitchen
My kitchen is 22 years old (it was installed when the house was built). I believe it needs replacing. I went to Wren kitchens on 01/01/2024, 21/01/24 and 13/04/24. In January it was there "famous winter sale". The salesman put pressure on to buy saying it would be much more expensive later in the year. I have done the…
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Self build vat reclaim
We’re building our own house but due to family illness we’ve had to change the design slightly, which has included extra kitchen cupboards and creating a room downstairs in what was an open plan space (due to illness, we needed a disabled accessible bedroom). This hasn’t yet gone through planning. Will the tax man accept…
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Google Guarantee trustworthy?
Just seen it pop up for the first time when I searched for tradesmen, theyre all listed with green ticks. I normally just see the searches of business under the map of my local area, so no idea why it shifted. Weird thing is, if I search for any of the promoted businesses, when I enter their name back into google and try…
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Is there a top quality/best shower/bath silicone sealant? Recommendations please
Hi all Our bath at home...For some unknown reason the silicone around the bath seems to have failed (and water is now running down the wall under the bath). When I press down on the bath (where the current silicone joins the tiles) I can see that the silicone appears to be not stuck to the bath. I want to repair this the…
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Never-ending problems with WB Greenstar 4000 15Kw system boiler
We are having problems with our brand new WB Greenstar 4000 15Kw system boiler on mains gas. It worked without any problem for 3 weeks then started malfunctioning. Error codes 2951 and 227. The engineer is adamant it is to do with the condensate pipe. He has "cleaned" the condensate pipe several times but the boiler…
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https://www.archimede-birmingham.co.uk/
Are this company trustworthy - to repair a relatives fridge freezer ?
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Where is best place to put sockets for washing machine and dish washer?
Hi all Just wondering where would be the best place to put sockets for washing machine and dishwasher as want to have them away for any water or water splashes. Don't want them under the kitchen sink. The washing machine and dishwasher will go where the chair is (yes we are expanding the area there) Please see picture and…
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Condensation issues
This is a story and a half so buckle up! We bought a house in December 2023 and after a week of moving in we noticed the house had condensation issues with puddles forming underneath the upstairs windows and also one of the bedrooms downstairs the wall was soaking wet. We initially thought a pipe had burst it was that wet…
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